Comments on: Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035 The official website of New York Times Bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:34:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Do the work or take your chances « What Have We Learned? http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2637 Do the work or take your chances « What Have We Learned? Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:22:21 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2637 [...] much discussion on this site as well. In particular, let’s go back to Mike Stackpole’s Authors Can Be Stupid series of [...] [...] much discussion on this site as well. In particular, let’s go back to Mike Stackpole’s Authors Can Be Stupid series of [...]

]]> By: A few of the more sane perspectives on e-publishing « Writing Made Visible http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2614 A few of the more sane perspectives on e-publishing « Writing Made Visible Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:05 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2614 [...] case study disputing that e-books will automatically cut into the profit of hard-cover books. His Authors Can Be Stupid starts here - and goes on for several [...] [...] case study disputing that e-books will automatically cut into the profit of hard-cover books. His Authors Can Be Stupid starts here – and goes on for several [...]

]]> By: uberVU - social comments http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2456 uberVU - social comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:24:48 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2456 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by pauljessup: RT @MikeStackpole: Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales. You can find it here http://bit.ly/9t7bVO... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: JediBear http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2452 JediBear Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:08:10 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2452 Well said, and absolutely correct. Shame on those authors for wanting to double-dip. Double-shame on them for not realising how it will impact the all-important first sale. Well said, and absolutely correct. Shame on those authors for wanting to double-dip. Double-shame on them for not realising how it will impact the all-important first sale.

]]> By: Sam Beaven http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2446 Sam Beaven Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:18:08 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2446 Shouldn't these authors be campaigning for weaker glue as well? THAT would really drive up their repurchase rates! Yeah, it would make people buy hardback as well! Or they might just stop reading. Que cera, cera. Shouldn’t these authors be campaigning for weaker glue as well? THAT would really drive up their repurchase rates! Yeah, it would make people buy hardback as well!

Or they might just stop reading. Que cera, cera.

]]> By: Sarah Hoyt http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2445 Sarah Hoyt Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:11:51 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2445 Thank you for sanity. :) S. Thank you for sanity. :)

S.

]]> By: Shannon LC Cate http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035&cpage=1#comment-2443 Shannon LC Cate Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:48:23 +0000 http://www.michaelastackpole.com/?p=1035#comment-2443 That lottery ticket dream is the downfall of just about every real-life possibility out there, isn't it? You might even call it Marxist alienation. That lottery ticket dream is the downfall of just about every real-life possibility out there, isn’t it? You might even call it Marxist alienation.

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